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[-] CharAhNalaar@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

As much as I'm skeptical about the unchecked power of corporations, I feel like Lemmy tech enthusiasts are completely hostile to the more mainstream kind of enthusiasm that actually like a well designed product.

Like, you can whine about the theoretical problems of a centralized service all you want, but if you're not syncing with OneDrive (or an alternative, though those are kinda worse) on your Windows computer you're literally sabotaging yourself. I could go on about other examples, but I'll limit myself.

I don't care if you think Linux is better. For the average person, Linux is incomprehensible. Now don't get me wrong, I like Linux too! I use Linux for my servers, and it's a great option to have. But the ideologues who push it to everyone are infuriatingly dumb, and serve only to push people out of the tech community.

As a whole, this site has too many ideologues, and not enough nuance. It's like the whole "Reddit atheist" phenomenon but worse: people here are unquestionably critical to an absurd degree, and refuse to accept that there may be alternative viewpoints on what they're saying.

And I'm not fond of capitalism either. I just think that the constant negativity is draining.

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

I think that Linux is fun and easy to use (depending on distro) and that helps to bring people in to the tech community.

Unfortunately, I listened to the people telling me it was difficult for a long time.

[-] dosaki@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is the major issue. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

However I agree with the original comment, general people won't use something that isn't simple (whether that reputation is fair or not).

[-] Contend6248@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Well designed products and Windows don't go together.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

if you're not syncing with OneDrive (or an alternative, though those are kinda worse) on your Windows computer you're literally sabotaging yourself.

How in the absolute fuck am I sabotaging myself by not using an optional feature? It’s cloud storage bruh, not a big deal.I don’t use one drive at all and my life has been perfectly fine.

[-] CharAhNalaar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Alright, you do you. But I'm not going to turn it off for my family members who would be pissed if their computer broke and lost their files.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You can always move the files off one drive to a different location and then turn it off. It’s not a hard problem to solve.

[-] CharAhNalaar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You missed the point. OneDrive is the solution for my family. Why would they want to turn it off?

[-] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Why would I care about syncing with onedrive?

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